Martha wrote back immediately and dropped the note back at the Post.
Dear D
Wow... You were really, really unlucky there. A one-night stand with someone you weren't even that keen on, and she got pregnant!? That is so unfair. I know you didn't feel as if you had a choice, but you were remarkably kind to do the decent thing and get married. It's not as though it was the 1950s or anything!
She must have liked you something rotten to go through with all of it. Even if she didn't want an abortion, there was always adoption to consider, right? Why did she want to have a baby so young, with a man she hardly knew?
M
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The Keeper
RomanceEvery schoolgirl has crushes, but could a schoolgirl crush last a lifetime? When 17-year old Martha starts at a new school, she carries a glimmer of hope that this time will be different. She doesn't seek popularity, but rather a quiet space where s...
